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"Ego" as in "personality" - thus the two examples I gave earlier. If you're familiar with Lord of the Rings, you may have heard this passage before: "But the Ring had a will of its own, and a way of slipping from one hand to be found by another, so that it might at last get back to its master." Here's a quote from from the other book I mentioned: "Elric lifted the huge blade easily and turned it this way and that, admiring its alien beauty. 'Stormbringer,' he said . . . . it was suddenly as if he had been born again and that this runesword was born with him. It was if they had never been separate. 'Stormbringer.' And the sword moaned sweetly and settled even more smoothly into his grasp".
I'm sure you're familiar with the One Ring, but I'll elaborate a little on Stormbringer, as it's not so well known. Elric is a powerful sorcerer, but is physically weak through an illness - he requires drugs in order to be strong enough to walk. However he is given a sword - Stormbringer - by a Chaos God in return for certain services. Stormbringer doesn't talk or anything like that, but it has a certain personality of its own. It loves killing - particularly those who Elric is fond of - and can make animal-like noises when pleased or angry. It is able to guide his hand both in and out of combat, and when it kills it drains the souls of its victims, transferring some of that strength to Elric, making him almost unbeatable (in one book he takes on an entire army, and is only captured when he slips on the pile of bodies surrounding him). When thrown away, the sword returns to him - and when his friends are nearby, it seems to turn in his hand, striking them down (it kills his fiance and several of his close friends in this way).
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